Toy umbrella



E. L. BROWN.

TOY UMBRELLA- APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22, 1920.

1,345,067. I Patented June 29,1920.

E INVENTOR.

BY a l... MTTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST L. BROWN, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO BASTIAN EROS.

' COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION.

TOY UMBRELLA.

.s.. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 11119 29, 1920.

' Application filed March 22,1920. Serial No. 367,682.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST L. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in- Toy Umbrellas, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to toy .umbrellas and an object thereof is to provide a device which is inexpensive to manufacture and is at the same time strong and durable.

To this and other ends the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed ou in the appended claims.

Inthedrawingsz.

Figure 1 is a side view of a toy umbrella constructed in accordance with this invention;

Fig.2 is a plan view; I

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3, Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the umbrella; I

Fig. 5 is a detail view of the stick or cane portion of the umbrella; and

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary section.

Referring more particularly'to the drawings, 1 indicates the stick or cane portion of the umbrella which is preferably formed of celluloid and has its upper end tapered at 2, this tapered portion leading to a circumferential groove formed in the stick in slightly spaced relation to the upper end of the stick. The canopy 4 of the umbrella is formed from sheet celluloid intoinverted cup shape, being provided with a central opening 5 which is slightly smaller in diameter than the inner end of the tapered portion 2 so that when the canopy is fitted on the tapered portion and moved downwardly, the material of the canopy will be spread about the opening 5 so that when the groove 3 is reached, the tendency of the material of the canopy to assume its normal position will cause such material to enter the groove and to be held therein. A celluloid cement or other material may be then employed forsecuring the canopy against turning on the cane or handle. The edge of. the canopy'is scalloped, and in order to simulate the ribs of an umbrella, the material of which the canopy is made is pressedupwardly at 6 upon radial lines extending substantially from the center of the canopy to the outer end of the lobes of the scalloped edge. These ribs in addition tend to give the canop a rigid form. 1

rom the foregoing it will be seen that there has been provided a toy umbrella made from celluloid in which the cano y is effectively secured to the cane or stic and has rib-simulating pressed-up portions which give strength to such canopy as well as addin to its ornamental appearance.-

hat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A toy umbrella comprising a canopy formed from sheet celluloid into inverted cup shape, said canopy havin a center opening and scalloped edges an 'bein pressed upwardly on lines radiating from t e center of the canopy and extending to the lobes of the scalloped edges, and a cane extending through the opening and projecting from both sides of the canopy. v

2. A toy umbrella comprising a canopy formed from sheet celluloid into inverted cup shape, said canopy having a center open- 7 ing and scalloped edges and being pressed upwardly on lines radiating from the center of the canopy and extending to the lobes of the scalloped edges, a cane extending through the opening and projecting from both sides of the canopy, said cane having a surrounding notch receiving the canopy about the central opening and a tapered end which facilitates the fitting of the canopy into the surrounding notch.

- ERNEST L. BROWN. 

